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Nathan Waller hit a whirlwind unbeaten 37 from just 25 balls to hasten his Northern Knights side to a three wicket win against the NW Warriors in the three-day RSA Inter-Provincial Championship game at Eglinton.
Waller, who had scored just a single from his first 13 deliveries, proceeded to hit 36 from the next 12, including 22 in an over from Stuart Thompson as the victory was secured after just 47 minutes of the final day.

The former Zimbabwean Under 19 player, who plays club cricket for Lisburn, settled his team mates nerves after the early loss of Greg Thompson. The Waringstown all-rounder was well caught at slip by Iftikhar Hussain from the bowling of Andrew Britton.

That left the total on 110 for 6, with 48 still needed for the win. Irish international James Shannon looked very solid throughout, combining resolute defence with some classic off drives when the opportunities arose.

He had reached 49 from 123 balls (7 fours) before driving Kamran Sajid loosely to Scott Campbell at point with just 12 needed.

There was to be no late heroics though from the Warriors as Waller scored 14 runs from the next five deliveries bowled by Andrew McBrine to complete the win.

A competitive game in which the bowling was always on top of the batting, with the Warriors paying the ultimate price for their first innings performance which left them with too much to do.

The next games in the series are the RSA T20 Trophy at Pembroke on Friday June 21st where Leinster Lightning will play North West Warriors and then the Northern Knights.

RSA Inter-Provincial Championship

At Eglinton, Day 3 Close of Play

NW Warriors 116 all out and 172 all out lost to Northern Knights 131 all out and 160-7 (J Shannon 49, N Waller 37*, C Dougherty 30, J Terrett 24, K Sajid 2-9, A McBrine 2-28) by 3 wickets.

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